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Brief readable item notes happenings in adjacent areas with limited details due to OCR damage. No clear names, dates, or events are established in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1915
Page
2
Brief readable item notes happenings in adjacent areas with limited details due to OCR damage. No clear names, dates, or events are established in the fragment.
John Ivons 72 a Frostburg native in this county was found dead aboard a steamboat after returning from a visit with relatives in Frostburg. He served in the Civil War with the Second Maryland Regiment, fought at Gettysburg, and spent years traveling before entering the Soldiers Home in Los Angeles and later Hampton. Survived by siblings in Frostburg and one half brother, with burial at National Cemetery in Hampton.
Last night the Fraternal Order of Eagles held its inaugural monthly dance at Odd Fellows Hall featuring the Virginia Reel and other dances. A social committee plans monthly events with old fashioned and contemporary dances. The Presbyterian church hosted a successful church social with a women’s Bible class, a vocal and instrumental program, and a supper prepared by men. Miss Pearl Stevenson surprised for eighteenth birthday with gold bracelets from friends and boyfriends, with several attendees named. Andrew Brodie of Knapp Meadow celebrated his thirtieth birthday with a gathering and toastmaster Jacob Abbott of Lonaconing led toasts. evening featured vocal and instrumental music and late refreshments. Former resident news arrives here.
Sister M. Germaine organized the Holy Angel Sodality with monthly sessions on the third Sunday, listing many members by name. The article notes a civic club idea for street cleaning, mentions a gas main burst on Paradise Street, and covers local events including an old-fashioned dance, a ministers conference, and multiple local notices.
At a Devon Club board meeting committees were set for one year. Library includes T J Haywood Claud Kooken and John Pedder. Bowling lists Bardin Griffith T M Galloway Arthur Whitworth and C L Davis. Social features O D Williams J S Clark Bardin Griffith R C Stump and Claude Kooken. Pool includes Thomas LaRue P J O’Brien and T M Galloway. Visitors named C D Liller Keyser W Va R C Smith Smithfield W Va and C E Stouffer Highfield Md. Funeral of Chas Mullen held in Bloomington after death at home Tuesday morning.
The fragment covers meat market terms and ad content with references to a Baltimore market and an address at N Center Street. It mentions boiling, cuts, advertisements, and prices in a terse, partially garbled format.
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